Work Zone Safety (US)

This online Work Zone Safety course is designed to help you understand the dangers associated with highway and road construction as well as how to protect yourself.

Course Overview

Accidents involving motor vehicles traveling through work zones, combined with accidents involving contractors' vehicles and equipment, are the greatest risk construction workers face.

This online Work Zone Safety course is designed to help you understand the dangers associated with highway and road construction as well as how to protect yourself.

After completing this course, an understanding should be gained of:

  • Identify the most common traffic control standard
  • Recognize the importance of people performing the flagging job
  • Explain the requirements for traffic control plans
  • Identify the types of traffic that construction workers must manage
  • Describe the five sections that make up a work area

Course Topics

  • How the Public Sees Us
  • Traffic Control Standards
  • What Traffic Do We Deal With?
  • Inspecting Your Work Zone
  • Making Sure You Can Be Seen
  • Traffic Control Devices (TCDs)